Chandigarh February 9, 2020: A ten-day national workshop on analytical instrumentation was
inaugurated by Prof Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor at Department of
SAIF/CIL, Panjab University, Chandigarh, here today.
This workshop is one of its kinds to provide an outlook of scientific
arena to the students of Kashmir, focusing on analytical
instrumentation with an aim to inspire and empower students from
remote areas and groom their scientific temper.
PU VC emphasized the need to streamline more such specialized
workshops for students from Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, North East
states and especially Ladakh. He was overwhelmed with the appreciable
number of female participants attending the workshop, in context with
stepping out of their place. Prof. Raj Kumar interacted with every
participant one to one.
Prof. Shankarji Jha, DUI, PU congratulated the director SAIF and the
organizing committee for taking this initiative and stated that this
type of workshop will sensitize the young researchers and scientists.
Prof. Ganga Ram Chaudhary, Director, SAIF/CIL highlighted the vision
of Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor to disseminate the state of the
art analytical facilities available at SAIF to the students and
researchers from the remote areas of Kashmir. He ensured that SAIF/CIL
would continue to be at the forefront in imparting research facilities and
practical training to the students through such workshops.
Dr. Ramesh Sharma, convener, proposed the vote of thanks and the
students were captivated when Dr. Sharma introduced them to the
facilities that SAIF/CIL offers.
As many as 44 participants, mainly postgraduate chemistry students
from different remote areas of Kashmir and Ladakh were seen highly
enthusiastic for learning the state of the art analytical instruments
and their application in research.
Prof. Rajeev Puri (Coordinator, RUSA), Prof. Rupinder Tewari
(Coordinator, CPR), Prof. Ashwani Koul (Chief Security Officer), Prof.
Devinder Singh (Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center-PU) were also present during
the event.